It’s been a while but the brilliantly, if rather enigmatically, named band The Great Emu War Casualties are back with the announcement today that they will be releasing a new album entitled ‘Public Sweetheart No. 1’ on Friday, 27 March 26. And to sweeten the deal, a new single off the album paves the way. Entitled ‘Donut’, it starts with a gentle rippling of guitars before kicking off with a sprightly bounce and a trademark insouciant humour that threads its way through the lyrics. The harmonies add a delicious frisson to the vocal delivery that coasts along on with the indelible melodies and a bedrock organ sound.
It’s infectious and danceable and embellished with a particularly antipodean blush:
‘Donut’ is out now and available to download and stream here.
Of the new album, frontman Joe Jackson says:
This album is a self-assessment of my own behaviour over an extended period of time and the various ways in which I have affected the people closest to me, so I’ve at least tried to make it catchy in order to better live with myself. It’s about the clarity I’ve found in going back to basics, in trying to remove the chaos and noise of the world in favour of honesty. An anthemic apology, with some ‘sorry, not sorry’ sprinkled on top. I am sorry though, really.
You can pre-save ‘Public Sweetheart No. 1’ here.
